Committee

Conference organisers

The conference is organised on behalf of the ICOH Scientific Committee Musculoskeletal Disorders by:

• Institute of Hygiene and Applied Physiology IHA, Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ETHZ, Zurich
• Department of Rheumatology and Institute of Physical Medicine RUZ, University Hospital USZ, Zurich

Local organising committee

• Thomas Läubli, IHA ETHZ Zurich
• Andreas Klipstein, RUZ USZ Zurich

International scientific committee

• Paulien Bongers, TNO Work and Employment, Netherland
• Peter Buckle, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
• Bernd Hartmann, Arbeitsmedizinischer Dienst der Bau- Berufsgenossenschaft, Germany
• Toru Itani, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya City, Japan
• Laura Punnett, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, U.S.A.
• Hilkka Riihimäki, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland

Advisory board

• Armstrong, Thomas J, University of Michigan, Michigan, USA
• Balagué Vives, Francesc, Barcelona, SPAIN
• Bammer, Gabriele, Australian National University, Canberra, AUSTRALIA
• Brisson, Chantal, Saint-Sacrement Hospital,Quebec City, Quebec, CANADA
• Evanoff, Bradley, Washington University, Washington, USA
• Cole, Donald, IWH, Toronto, CANADA
• Franzblau, Alfred, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
• Frings-Dresen, Monique, Prof. Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
• Hagberg, Mats, Department of Occupational Medicine, Göteborg, SWEDEN
• Keyserling, W. Monroe, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
• Kuorinka, Ilkka, Gréalou, FRANCE
• Leclerc, Annette, Hôpital National de Saint-Maurice, St.- Maurice Cedex, FRANCE
• Leino-Arjas, Päivi, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, FINLAND
• Marras, William, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
• Mairiaux, Philippe, Université de Liége, Liege, BELGIUM
• Martin, Bernard, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
• Moens, Guido, IDEWE, Leuven, BELGIUM
• Nakata, Minori, University of Gävle, Umea, SWEDEN
• Padilla, Patricia, General Motors Colmotores S.A., Santafé de Bogotá, D.C., COLOMBIA
• Rempel, David, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
• Toomingas, Allan, National Institute for Working Life, Stockholm, SWEDEN
• Tomqvist, Ewa Wigaeus, National Institute for Working Life, Solna, SWEDEN
• Schibye, Bente, National Institute of Occupational Health, Copenhagen, DENMARK
• Barbara Silverstein, Washington State Dept. of Labour & Industries, Olympia, USA
• Sjøgaard, Gisela, National Institute of Occupational Health, Copenhagen, DENMARK
• Theorells, Tores, National Institute of Psychosocial Factors and Health, Stockholm, SWEDEN
• Viikari-Juntura, Eira, Göteborg University, Göteborg, SWEDEN
• van der Beek, Allard J, Vrye Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
• Wegman, David H, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
• Winkel, Jørgen, National Institute for Working Life, Göteborg, SWEDEN